The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/19 at 13:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 19, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/19 at 13:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find Who Broke the Internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Stephanie Scandaris. Israel says a handful of aid trucks have entered Gaza. Food security experts warn nearly three months of Israel's blockade have brought the territory to the brink of famine. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the international pressure to end it was nearing what he calls a red line.

Crystal Gomansing reports from London. Benzalas Motridge, Israel's finance minister, says aid will allow civilians to eat and friends in the world to keep giving Israel diplomatic protection at the UN Security Council and in the Hague. No aid has entered Gaza since March 2nd. Israel's director general of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Eden Bartal, says limited amounts of aid will be entering. In the coming days, Israel will facilitate the entry of dozens of aid trucks. Aid groups say hundreds of trucks are needed daily with a catastrophic food shortage.

There are also calls for a ceasefire. Israel's prime minister ended the blockade while escalating military operations. Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will capture and control all of Gaza as it looks to dismantle Hamas and return all of the hostages. Crystal Gamancing, CBC News, London. A phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has just wrapped up. Ending the war in Ukraine was one of Trump's top foreign policy priorities upon entering office, re-entering office.

Vice President JD Vance says Putin's next steps could determine whether the U.S. walks away from peace negotiations. Look, the president's been very clear. This is not the United States is not going to spin its wheels here. We want to see outcomes. There are a lot of economic benefits to thawing relations between Russia and the rest of the world, but you're not going to get those benefits. You can keep on killing a lot of innocent people. Russian media reports Putin found the two-hour long call informative and helpful, adding Moscow is ready to work with Kiev on a memorandum for future peace talks.

A round of talks between delegations last week fell short of reaching a peace deal. Meanwhile, Amnesty International says it's redoubling its efforts to expose human rights violations by Russia. The country has labeled Amnesty an undesirable organization and has outlawed the group. Anyone cooperating with or supporting the group can be prosecuted criminally. Amnesty says Russia is committing human rights violations at home and abroad and today's ban is part of a broader effort to silence dissent. We're turning a page. We're opening a new chapter.

The European Union and the UK have signed their biggest trade and defense deal since the Brexit vote nine years ago. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says European neighbours need to stick together in unstable times. The deal makes it easier for the UK to sell its food in Europe and allows it to take part in joint procurement projects. It also grants European ships access to UK fishing waters. The town of Tilt Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador is soon to be consigned to history. It has been known as Canada's smallest town, but now its final four residents are packing up and leaving.

They're moving to be closer to amenities like health care. Heather Gillis reports. Tilt Cove once flourished with a population of 1,500, now only home to four. Two couples in two houses. But not for much longer. Don Collins and the remaining residents are leaving the idyllic, isolated Cove. I figured I was going to be here until the end. But time takes a toll on everything. Collins remembers when Tilt Cove had a health clinic, school and rec center. All gone.

In the last five years, Collins and the other residents have been thinking about going too. In April, they found new homes 150 kilometers away. Still, leaving is emotional. This is where I want to die. I should admit if I get sick, if you can get me to tell before I die, I'll die a happy man. Many of Collins' family are in the graveyard on the hill and when it's his time, he wants to return to Tilt Cove. Heather Yaliss, CBC News, St. John's.

And that is Your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Stephanie Scanderis.